Sport: Winning Guests

The all-American finals at Wimbledon (see above) were just one more
indication that England's guests this summer were making themselves
right at home. To a country which prides itself on taking its games
more seriously than its battles, the situation was beginning to look a
bit too one-sided. The London Evening Standard's Columnist Hylton
Cleaver seriously suggested last week that all foreigners, including
horses, be barred from British sport for two years so that the home
product might recover its lost confidence. The Observer's Editor Ivor
Brown was more philosophical about it: "We...